If your healthcare provider is worried about a possible esophageal stricture, two tests are generally ordered: Barium swallow: You swallow a substance called barium, and X-rays are taken as the ...

Barium studies have a very poor sensitivity in diagnosing uncomplicated GERD; however, they have high accuracy for the diagnosis of hiatal hernia, esophageal strictures and esophageal rings.

Esophageal stenting is a medical procedure used to treat various conditions affecting the esophagus, including strictures (narrowing of the esophagus) and malignancies. The use of stents ...

or the effect of a natural healing process in a narrow esophagus. Johansson et al. conclude that prophylactic use of PPIs reduces the formation of benign anastomotic strictures, as does the use of ...

Tests and procedures to diagnosis esophageal cancer may include an imaging test (CT or CAT, MRI or PET scans), a barium swallow or an endoscopy exam. An endoscopic ultrasound examination is a ...

Pregnant women, patients with symptoms of dysphagia or who were found to have a stricture on endoscopy ... [1] Barrett's esophagus was defined as the presence of specialized intestinal metaplasia ...